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Smith PhD
Program Overview
Maintenance of Graduate
Standing
The status and progress of students
in the PhD Program is monitored
throughout the program, and reviewed
annually by the PhD committee in the
area of concentration. Students
anticipating problems or delays in their
work are urged to consult the program
director and their area advisor as soon
as difficulties arise. A short leave of
absence from the Program is often the
best way to deal with difficulties
caused by short-term health or personal
problems.
Please note the following specific
points with respect to status and
progress:
Provisional Admission
All new PhD students are
provisionally admitted and must
maintain a minimum 3.25 overall GPA
during each of their first two
semesters in the program (on a total
of at least 18 credits), and a
minimum 3.6 GPA for seminars within
their departments. Students who do
not achieve either of these GPAs for
the first semester will be placed on
probation for the second semester. A
student on probation must achieve
these minimum GPAs by the second
semester in order to remain in the
program. Similarly, achieving a 3.25
overall GPA (and a 3.6 GPA for
departmental seminars) or better in
the first but not the second
semester incurs probation in the
next (third) semester, whereupon the
student must achieve the minimum
GPAs by the end of the semester in
order to remain in the program.
Incompletes
PhD students occasionally receive a
grade of I or NGR (no grade report)
because of delays in completing papers
and assignments within the tight
semester time schedule. By University
rule, all such grades must be removed by
the end of the following semester. This
requirement with respect to I/NGR grades
does not apply to BMGT 899 or to any
case in which responsibility for delay
in removing I/NGR grades lies with
faculty members or administrators rather
than students.
Annual Review
The maintenance of graduate standing
requires a satisfactory annual review of
the candidate by the area PhD
committee. The committee makes its
decisions on the basis of an overall
review of student performance in all
courses and examinations. A judgment of
satisfactory performance is important
for maintaining graduate standing.
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